Eaves-trough hanger



M. 3. LEE.

EAVES .TR-OUGH HANGER. No. 299,407. Patented May 27, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILO B. LEE, OF PLYMOUTH, OHIO.

EAVES-TROUGH HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,407, dated May 27,1884.

Application filed April 3, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MILO B. LEE, a citizen oftheUnited States, and a resident of Plymouth, in the county of Richlandand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments inEaves-Trough Hangers; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a sideview of my improved eaves-trough hanger, showing the trough incross-section. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view of the same, and Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the hanger with the trough removed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to eaves-trough hangers; and it consists inthe improved construction and combination of parts of the same, whichwill be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes the eavestrough, the outer edgeof which is bent or doubled to form the usual bead,a. The hangerconsists of a piece of band or strap iron of suitable dimensions, whichis bent, as shown at B, to support the body of the trough on the underside, its free end being bent to form a lip, 0, adapted to clamp andoverlap the bead a of the trough. The other end of the part B is bent toform the arm D, which is, in turn, bent at right angles to form thevertical arm E, by means of which the hanger is suitably fastened to thecaves of the building. Fastened to the under side of the horizontal partD, by a rivet, G, or by other suitable means, is a short strap or arm,F, the inner end of which is bent to form the downwardly-projecting lipH, while its short outer end has a hole or aperture, I, adapted toengage the hook J at one end of a short piece of wire, K, the other endof which is bent in opposite directions to form a hook, L, which isadapted to be inserted into a hole, 0, in the bent lip O, which clampsand overlaps the bead of the trough.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings,the manner of using my improved eaves-trough hanger will readily beunderstood without requiring extended explanation. The trough is heldfirmly in its position in the hanger by the lip H at one end, whichbears against the inner edge of the trough, which said edge is insertedbe tween the said lip H and the corner formed by the parts B and D, andat its outer edge the trough is held in place by the clampinglip O,which is drawn up against the trough by means of the hook or double hookJ K L, which is sprung into the aperture I. To remove the trough allthat is necessary is to spring the hook out of its hole I, as shown indotted lines, when the trough can be readily lifted out of the hangers.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States .The improved eaves-trough hangerherein shown and described, the same consisting of the strap B, bent toform the lip O, and rightangled arm D E, strap F, fixed to the underside of arm D, and having lip H at one end and aperture I at itsprojecting other end, and double hook J K L, adapted to connect theouter end of the part F to the lip (l, the whole constructed andcombined substantially as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- MILO B. LEE. \Vitnesses:

W. MILLs, SHERMAN GULP.

